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paraleipsis definition

para·leip·sis (par′ə līp′sis)

noun pl. paraleipses -·ses′ (-sēz′)

a rhetorical device in which a point is stressed by suggesting that it is too obvious or well-known to mention, as in the phrase, “not to mention the expense involved”
also paralepsis par′a·lep′·sis (-lep′-) or paralipsis par′a·lip′·sis (-lip′-)

Etymology: Gr, omission < para-, para- + leipein, to leave: see loan

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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